thundery the channel islands, some parts of wales, and through yorkshire as well, some in parts of cumbriaand northern ireland could see the heaviest potentially heaviest showers. these blobs of blue and green give you an idea of the areas that could be affected bringing a lot of rain in a short time. some could stay dry and keep stjohn, that metaphor extends to northern ireland, showers beginning in cumbria, some across yorkshire, a field across wales and north—west england and a few later in the day in the midlands and east anglia. most in the midlands and east anglia. m ost pla ces in the midlands and east anglia. most places dry and in the sunshine today reaching 22 or 23 celsius. heavy and we showers in the channel islands which should fade overnight as should most of the showers elsewhere so many places should be tried but as the night goes on temperatures are on a par with last night between nine and 111 celsius, coolest across scotland, high pressure is generally in charge of the weather in the weekend but a few features generating showers particularly this one across france, the c

showers in northern england, cumbria and yorkshire. through parts of wales, south—west england and the odd shower later in the afternoon across east anglia and south—east england. through this evening, most of the showers will fade away. cloud tending to fill back in as the night wears on, the further east you are. temperatures on a par with last night, between nine and 14. for sunday, many places having a largely dry day. more sunshine across england and wales but still some showers around, transferring eastwards. in the sunshine, temperatures up to 2a degrees. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: the queen's birthday honours are announced. amongst the names on this year's list are former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, who is knighted, and actress emma thompson, who is made a dame. but there's anger too as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne — is made a cbe — despite the recent chaos on the railways. the second and final day of the g7 summit begins — after negotiations failed to resolve divisions over us trade tariff

it is a bright start in cumbria but the cloud will venture your way as we start in cumbria but the cloudugh the day. it will be later on in the day both cumbria and northumberland that we start to see that cloud break, and a little bit of late afternoon and early evening sunshine coming through. but across southern england and wales, where we had all the cloud yesterday, you are going to have some sunshine today and temperatures will respond accordingly. in london we will hit 24 accordingly. in london we will hit 2a possibly 25. for northern ireland, again you have got bright spells, sunny spells developing, with the risk of some sharp showers. that should break up through the day in scotland and we will start to see some sunshine. 0nce in scotland and we will start to see some sunshine. once again, we could catch the odd sharp shower. through the evening and overnight we hang onto this cloud that we have got. the weather front comes up in the near continent, bringing showers across the channel islands again. and then across southern england. some of them in the south—east could prove to

that met office warning extends to northern ireland, some showers could get into cumbria, some acrossd west of england, one or two later in parts of the midlands and east anglia may be although most places largely dry and in the sunshine, just reaching 22 or 23 celsius. some heavy thundery showers of the channel islands which should fade overnight as will the other showers so many places dry, clear spells, as the temperature wears on, they will be on a par with last night between nine and i4 celsius, coolest in scotland, high pressure is generally in charge of our weather in the weekend but a few features generating showers especially this one across france, the channel islands again in line for some heavy thundery showers on the weekend and still chance of showers across scotland tomorrow, this time moving east, they could be heavy and thundery if you catch one, northern ireland should offer better on sunday, most places otherwise dry with some spells of stjohn allowing for a few showers of the far north of england in the afternoon. it will feel warm in the sunshine, perhaps up feel

and an independent train company has started running services on a line in cumbria where northern railces have been suspended for a month. the prime minister is under growing pressure to explain how she will fund a £20 billion annual increase for the nhs in england by the year 2023. speaking at a hospital in london, theresa may repeated her claim that part of the increase would come from a so—called brexit dividend, but went on to confirm that taxes would have to rise at the same time. extra money would also be made available to scotland, wales and northern ireland, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. as autographs go, it is not a bad one to collect. why not? 14—year—old jade's plaster cast bears the prime minister's name. she has also signed up to a truly enormous commitment of more taxpayers' money, year after year after year, for the nhs. the nhs needs to be able to plan for the future with ambition and confidence. we cannot continue to put a sticking plaster on the nhs budget each year, so we will do more than simply give the nhs a one—off injection of cash. an extra

good job they didn't try to plate that much of bit further north in cumbria, where you could see penrithgoing, and it wasn'tjust here either. i want you to bear in mind with the thunderstorms, not everyone is going to see them, but they have the possibility for some of localised flooding and disruption. 0n the bigger picture, you can see there was a lot of fine and settled weather around, but some of these areas, northern ireland and cumbria and then into scotland, as was the forecast, we were pushing these storms further north than we have seen them of late. as we go back to the big picture, i don't want you to discount the other areas. some of these showers down towards the midlands could catch you out over the next couple of hours as they gradually drift a little bit further north, as other shoppers tend to dissipate as we get into the wee small hours of saturday. another close and humid night. temperatures in double figures for a good part of the british isles. a great, still start to the date for many areas and a guy won for the most part as well. but remember about the thunderstorm

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday.here. i think we will have one or two areas of cloud around through thursday, particularly around the east, so parts of lincolnshire, down towards east anglia, a bit of cloud around the coast, which should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, it's looking a little bit cooler around those eastern coasts. but, for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s. some of us seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31 degrees, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again for northern ireland, england and wales having a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine, just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things a little bit cooler around the east. now, moving through into friday

could see a view across cumbria.rm, up to 2223 degrees. the showers will lose their energy this evening, myspace evening, most places dry overnight. —— two 22,20 evening, most places dry overnight. —— two 22, 20 three degrees. temperatures on a par with last night, quite muddy and humid. particularly across the south. high pressure the dominating feature to this weekend but keeping an eye on if few things which are generating showers, not least the system over france. the channel islands could see heavy, thundery showers tomorrow but that's as far north as it north is go. largely drive for much of england, showers cropping up across wales through the afternoon but few and far between. for scotland, the showers go further east, filtering down to northern parts of england. northern ireland has dry day, and for most a lot more sunshine tomorrow. temperatures up to 24. sunshine on monday as well, cloudy from northern ireland but mainly dry and a chance of showers across scotland. almost a largely dry and sunny start to t

no great complaints, i suspect, on the weather front around about the cumbria area or indeed many otherhe course of the day. much of the weather action is a good dealfurther south than us at the moment. having said that, there are one or two flies in the ointment. there was quite a bit of stubborn cloud to be had across lincolnshire and yorkshire through the day, and we've seen showers of late just getting away from france and in towards the channel islands. maybe through the rest of the night, one or twojust getting into the very far south of england. as i say, much of the disturbed weather at the moment is to be had across the european continent, so what comes our way on thursday — and some of it will — will be but a tiny portion of what we could have won. looks as though it's going to be another fine, settled day for the greater part of the british isles. less in the way of clouds as we get on into the afternoon, but there is a greater chance of some of these southern counties of england of seeing the odd sharp shower, maybe a rumble of thunder, the odd rogue one there, too, across w

wet weather also swinging southwards to reach cumbria and north lancashire as well. a few spots of drizzle in south—west england. again, some mist and fog patches around the coast and hills. through wednesday, our weather front continues its journey southwards. see how it weakens and not much rain left on in as it grinds its way south. a few spots of rain left. to the south—east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid— to perhaps high 20s, perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresher feel to the weather. temperatures between 12—16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotland and these showers through wednesday night will be sinking southwards. one or two into north—east england for a time. the wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south, a fresher feel to the weather. takes us into thursday, these north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping the temperatures significantly across south—east england. not that it will be a cold

wet weather also swinging southwards to reach cumbria and north lancashire as well.some mist and fog patches around the coast and hills. through wednesday, our weather front continues its journey southwards. see how it weakens and not much rain left on in as it grinds its way south. a few spots of rain left. to the south—east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid— to perhaps high 20s, perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresher feel to the weather. temperatures between 12—16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotland and these showers through wednesday night will be sinking southwards. one or two into north—east england for a time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south, a fresher feel to the weather. takes us into thursday, these north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping the temperatures significantly across south—east england. not that it will be a cold day. it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine, for sure

wet weather also swinging southwards to reach cumbria and north lancashire as well.izzle in south—west england. again, some mist and fog patches around the coast and hills. through wednesday, our weather front continues its journey southwards. see how it weakens and not much rain left on in as it grinds its way south. a few spots of rain left. to the south—east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid— to perhaps high 20s, perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresher feel to the weather. temperatures between 12—16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotland and these showers through wednesday night will be sinking southwards. one or two into north—east england for a time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south, a fresher feel to the weather. takes us into thursday, these north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping the temperatures significantly across south—east england. not that it will be a cold day. it will still fee

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday, not a cloud in the sky thereround through thursday, especially in the east, down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, some cloud around the coast that should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, looking a little bit cooler around the eastern coasts but for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s with some seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again through northern ireland, england and wales having a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine with just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things cooler around the east. on friday, high pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northwards. a similar day on friday. the best of the sunshine w

see gusts of wind in excess of 100 mile an hourin of wind in excess of 100 mile an hour in parts of cumbriast of northern ireland as well in excess of 70 mph. also some radio through the course of the morning, the heavy persistent rain through northern ireland across much of central and western scotland. no further south it was a different story, it started off cloudy and grey and in that south east corner look at what happened as we headed towards the afternoon, hardly a cloud in the sky. beautiful sunshine and temperatures into the low 20s. so certainly a tale of two halves. storm hector disappeared, we are likely to see a quiet spell of weather to the night, is the —— you scattered showers to the north and west. clear skies and temperatures will fall down to 11 degrees in many places so that is going to be slightly fresh tonight for getting a good nights sleep. we start generally for friday there will be stalled of sunshine across england and wales from the word go, scattering of showers and a breeze story further north and west. not the strong winds up today and a fresher feel, 1a to 17

300 trains cancelled across the northern network, which runs across greater manchester, yorkshire, cumbriay affected, meaning not stopping at some stations. our correspondent sima kotecha reports from preston. late or cancelled trains causing stress and panic. this is due to a shortage of train drivers... 100 trains with our drivers, i don't believe it. we have shortage of drivers at the moment... it has been going on for weeks. even before a new national timetable was implemented, more than a fortnight ago. penny to pull their fingers out and get their act together, they have invented a new timetable, but they knew that was coming in and there for they should have planned for the additional drivers they say they need to meet the extra demand and the extra trains. the drivers union, the rmt, is calling on the transport secretary to resign, while leaders in the north wanting to take urgent action. they say part of the problem is that not all drivers have been trained on the new routes. there is a feeling among some commuters that israel services where this bad in the south, the government w

ground can even across the southern upland, we could see some heavy showers, one or two possibly for cumbriaan elite one. but for most areas, we quite dry. —— it will be quite dry. some sunshine through saturday evening and even more sunshine on sunday. probably a dry day on sunday for northern ireland. fair bit of cloud, mind you. those storms still slowly moving across scotland, perhaps in doing that over the pennines. 2a, maybe even 25 degrees. they may well be the peak of the heat over the coming few days. very, very warm indeed across southern parts of scandinavia, eastern europe into the eastern side of the mediterranean. this is where we are seeing the sunshine over the weekend. but that warmth comes with some storms as well. just steering clear of our shores into the early pa rt clear of our shores into the early part of next week. most places will be dry with some sunshine. it could be dry with some sunshine. it could be all change from wednesday onwards. this is bbc world news today. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: can the talks stay cordial? disagreements are already coming up

wet weather also swinging southwards to reach cumbria and north lancashire as well.in, some mist and fog patches around the coast and hills. through wednesday, our weather front continues its journey southwards. see how it weakens and not much rain left on in as it grinds its way south. a few spots of rain left. to the south—east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid— to perhaps high 20s, perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresher feel to the weather. temperatures between 12—16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotland and these showers through wednesday night will be sinking southwards. one or two into north—east england for a time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south, a fresher feel to the weather. takes us into thursday, these north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping the temperatures significantly across south—east england. not that it will be a cold day. it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine, for

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday.around through thursday, particularly around the east, so parts of lincolnshire, down towards east anglia, a bit of cloud around the coast, which should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, it's looking a little bit cooler around those eastern coasts. but, for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s. some of us seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31 degrees, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again for northern ireland, england and wales having a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine, just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things a little bit cooler around the east. now, moving through into friday, high pressure still with us, just drifting a little

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.ilies as scenes from the border of children separated from their parents shock america. other stories from around the bbc newsroom right now. . israel has charged a former cabinet minister with spying for iran. that's according to the internal security service, shin bet. gonen segev, a medical doctor who served as energy minister in the 1990s, was allegedly recruited by iranian intelligence while living in nigeria. that's on bbc persian. a military hat belonging to napoleon, said to have been salvaged from the battlefield after his 1815 defeat at waterloo, has been sold at auction for $325,000. the former french emperor was renowned for his "bicorne" hats, so—called because they had two points. a french collector of historical pieces had bought the hat, the auctioneer told french media. that's on the bbc world service. one of the most watched videos on our website is this extraordinary footage of a selfie—taking that almost went horribly wrong. this man — forest ranger sanjay dutta — w

an independent train company has started running services on a railway line in cumbria where northerntrains have been suspended for a month. there was widespread anger from businesses and residents in the lake district when trains between oxenholme and windermere were replaced by buses. danny savage reports the train arriving at platform three is the unexpected service can windermere. passengers had resigned themselves to no trains on this line for months but people had taken things into their own hands and found a private operator to provide a service. northern railfailed to run trains on this line. the bus services are fine and continue but what you have here is a fair, free service between oxenholme and windermere whichjust service between oxenholme and windermere which just gives people confidence in this line that maybe they had lost. on-board, passengers seemed delighted that the rail replacement bus service had been changed to a bus replacement rail service. a good thing? a really good thing. a quickerjourney, nicer than being stuck on a bus which we really didn't want to do in

wet weather getting into cumbria, the north—west of wales and some drizzle to the south—west and some rain band easy. moving south. slow moving across wales and the midlands but mainlyjust a lump of cloud. to the south is, that is where the warm and muggy air continues to be. sunshine rather more limited to south—east england but elsewhere some sunshine with riches dropping into the teens. heavy showers in the north—west. they will push further south overnight and it will be a much cooler night across the north of the uk. where the winds for light in scotland, it will be a chilly start to thursday. thursday a decent kind of date but with north—westerly would wince nationwide. feeling pleasa nt would wince nationwide. feeling pleasant in the sun. —— north—westerly winds. beyond thursday, through friday into the weekend, we should see a lot of dry weather with high pressure building in. temperatures set to rise and next week it could be quite hot for some of us. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. the fox, the mouse and the telecoms giant. the battle to take over 2ist century

some sharp showers in cumbria and yorkshire.catch scattered showers in east anglia and south—east england. most will be largely dry. spells of sunshine as the cloud fins and breaks through this morning. 0vernight, clear spells before the cloud slowly sta rts spells before the cloud slowly starts to come back in. maggie and humid. particularly in southern england, cabbage is no lower than 1a celsius. 9—13. this is the setup through the weekend. high pressure which is pretty much in charge. that being affected by different features. northern france continuing to generate thunderstorms. the channel islands could catch some of those tomorrow. that's about as far north as they go. i mainly dry start for many, more sunshine in england and wales tomorrow. showers for wales, south—west england, northern england and in the afternoon transferring east into eastern parts of scotland. mainly dry for northern ireland. tomorrow in the sunshine, 24 ireland. tomorrow in the sunshine, 2a celsius. the new week mainly largely dry. a good deal of s

the north yorkshire, across cumbria into the southern half of scotland, we have got much more cloud andbut it is the northern half of scotland that will see thundery downpours. not as many showers as yesterday and many places will remain dry and plenty of sunshine across a good part of northern ireland and england and wales. but when the sunshine comes through into the northern half of scotla nd into the highlands, we will see snow and torrential downpours. different story across the southern half of scotla nd story across the southern half of scotland where it is dull and bump. sunny spells across northern ireland. later on in the data towards the south—west, sharp showers. a lot of places having a lovely end to the day. any storms that do develop will fade away overnight. at the expense of the low cloud out in the north sea that will work its further way inland overnight so it is misty and murky at the end of the night with some patches of fog. a dull, gloomy start and it may stay cloudy to the day across south—east scotland and much of england and east anglia. sunshine breaking in th

cumbria close to 30 and scotland once again up close to 30 and scotland once again up into the high 20sd go on? quite a bit longer i have to say. saturday could start cloudy in places, the code breaking up nicely to give long spells of sunshine, the orange colours extending across the chart, cooler to those northsea coasts temperatures up to 29, perhaps it once again up to 30 degrees. 0ne temperatures up to 29, perhaps it once again up to 30 degrees. one of the features of the hot spell so far has been that the nights have been relatively cool but that's going to begin to change particularly in the south as we go through saturday night, it will continue to the weekend, more in the way of humidity and night—time temperatures will climb. this is londonjust for example, as we get into sunday night temperatures no lower than 16, could be warmer still on monday night. it's all because we will be importing ourairfrom it's all because we will be importing our air from the it's all because we will be importing our airfrom the near continent, more humid with that. and an area of low pressure as

northern ireland also in the firing line and maybe those showers popping up across cumbria.rnoon across the south—east and parts of east anglia. 0therwise, south—east and parts of east anglia. otherwise, for many, it is a dry day. some spells of sunshine and any showers will slowly start to fade away throughout the evening and most places dry overnight. some clear spells, once again we see that cloud creeping back in. temperatures on par with last night between 9— 11! celsius. let's have a look at the rest of the weekend. high pressure is dominating the scene across the uk, keeping an eye over friends and heavy showers, those likely to play over the channel islands through the weekend. there will be some sunshine too. and sunshine will probably be the order of the day for sunday, cloud around north—eastern coast and chances of showers again across eastern parts of scotland, but northern ireland should have a dry day. in the sunshine, 22— 2a celsius. across england and wales, cooler on the east coast. we start the new week with a good deal of sunshine. likely more clout aroun

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday. particularly around the east, so parts of lincolnshire, down towards east anglia, some cloud around the coast that should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, it's looking a little bit cooler around those eastern coasts. but, for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s. some of us seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31 degrees, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again for northern ireland, england and wales having a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine, just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things a little bit cooler around the east. now, moving through into friday, high pressure still with us, just drifting a little bit further northwards. so a

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday, not a cloud in the sky therely in the east, down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, some cloud around the coast that should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, looking a little bit cooler around the eastern coasts but for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s with some seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again through northern ireland, england and wales having a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine with just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things cooler around the east. on friday, high pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northwards. a similar day on friday. the best of the sunshine will be to the north and west. mo

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday. two areas of cloud around through thursday, particularly around the east, down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, some cloud around the coast that should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, it's looking a little bit cooler around those eastern coasts. but, for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s. some seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could just kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again for northern ireland, england and wales having a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine, just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things a little bit cooler around the east. now, moving through to friday, high pressure still with us, drifting a little bit further northw

wet weather also swinging southwards to cumbria and north lancashire as well.ues its journey south. see how it weakens and not much rain in at as it grinds its way south. to the south east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid—to perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresh appeal to the weather. temperatures between 12— i6 fresh appeal to the weather. temperatures between 12— 16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotla nd heavy showers in the north—west of scotland showers sinking southwards. some in north—east england per of time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south are fresher feel to the weather. north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping temperatures significantly. it will still feel pleasa nt significantly. it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine but temperatures around 21 degrees as the maximum. and 17 further north. about 15 in belfast. this little cool down in the weather will not last. the weat

this was the scene in cumbria taken by one of our weather watchers.astern england, lincolnshire, east anglia, the london region as well. but many of us under those clear skies, reasonably fresh. so not too humid and uncomfortable for sleeping, just about getting down into single figures in more rural spots. so for thursday and other fine, figures in more rural spots. so for thursday and otherfine, dry figures in more rural spots. so for thursday and other fine, dry day for most pa rt thursday and other fine, dry day for most part of the country. could you see a few showers across parts of scotland, down towards the south and south—west we are likely to see temperatures about 28 degrees or so. a little bit cooler around those eastern coast as we draw the breeze in from the north sea. if we focus in on scotland you can just make up a few of the showers cropping up in the afternoon and with temperatures as high as around 31 degrees, just high enough to spark off an isolated heavy shower but most places avoiding altogether. so largely dry and with evening

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wet weather also swinging southwards to reach cumbria and north lancashire as well.outh—west england. again, some mist and fog patches around the coast and hills. through wednesday, our weather front continues its journey southwards. see how it weakens and not much rain left on in as it grinds its way south. a few spots of rain left. to the south—east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid— to perhaps high 20s, perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresher feel to the weather. temperatures between 12—16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotland and these showers through wednesday night will be sinking southwards. one or two into north—east england for a time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south, a fresher feel to the weather. takes us into thursday, these north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping the temperatures significantly across south—east england. not that it will be a cold day. it will still feel pleasant

300 trains cancelled across the northern network, which runs across greater manchester, yorkshire, cumbriaerseyside. and more than 100 services have been partly affected, meaning not stopping at some stations. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports from preston. late or cancelled trains causing stress and panic. this is due to a shortage of train drivers... 100 trains without drivers, i don't believe it. we have shortage of drivers at the moment... it has been going on for weeks. even before a new national timetable was implemented, more than a fortnight ago. they need to pull their fingers out and get their act together, they have 0ked a new timetable, but they knew that was coming in and therefore they should have planned for the additional drivers they say they need to meet the extra demand and the extra trains. the drivers union, the rmt, is calling on the transport secretary to resign, while leaders in the north want him to take urgent action. they say part of the problem is that not all drivers have been trained on the new routes. there is a feeling among some commuters that if rail

this was the picture in workington, cumbria during the day on wednesday, not a cloud in the sky thereay, especially in the east, down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, some cloud around the coast that should thin and break during the day, but anywhere you could see fairweather cloud. as we draw in the breeze from the north—east, looking a little bit cooler around the eastern coasts but for central and western parts of the country, temperatures widely in the high 20s with some seeing top temperatures of 30 or 31, particularly for central scotland, but those temperatures could kick off one or two isolated showers. if you do catch one, could be a bit pokey, but most places will avoid any of those isolated showers through central parts of scotland. hot again through northern ireland, england and wales with a decent, dry and bright day. lots of sunshine with just that gentle breeze coming in, keeping things cooler around the east. on friday, high pressure still with us, drifting further north. a similar day on friday. the best of the sunshine will be to the north and west. most places see

wet weather also swinging southwards to reach cumbria and north lancashire as well.gain, some mist and fog patches around the coast and hills. through wednesday, our weather front continues its journey southwards. see how it weakens and not much rain left on in as it grinds its way south. a few spots of rain left. to the south—east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid— to perhaps high 20s, perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresher feel to the weather. temperatures between 12—16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotland and these showers through wednesday night will be sinking southwards. one or two into north—east england for a time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south, a fresher feel to the weather. takes us into thursday, these north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping the temperatures significantly across south—east england. not that it will be a cold day. it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine, fo

cumbria and northumbria fire services have been helping.ese the busiest week in the history of the greater manchester fire service. the carbon dioxide shortage which has hit britain's food and drink industry has now spread to crumpets. the simultaneous shutdown of several major carbon dioxide plants is effecting supplies of many everyday products, including soft drinks, beers and meat. here's our business correspondent, emma simpson, her report does contain some flashing images. crumpets, one of our favourite treats. they should be making 25,000 of them an hour at this factory. but the production lines have ground to a halt. two of warburtons' big bakeries have run out of co2. this is the point at which we package our crumpets and here we fill every packet with c02. that helps us maintain the freshness and quality of our product over the shelf life. i've got two plants here that haven't run for the last ten days. it's a massive impact on our ability to provide our customers. but supermarkets aren't running out of crumpets just yet. it's not

project underneath the rest early meaning roofs lie forty three plans from steel mills complete with cumbria belt finest foundries and power plants the thing called the dust is evidence of decades of deceived the quarter and the plant is still intact but i know what we've done is to start to really engineer the plant before we shan't try to make them work we also have the lighting mills where we produce our road that one hundred percent are really very soon already planned to be in full operations. eighty percent of raw materials needed i with the factories sixty kilometer radius. now for the first time indicates the company's engines have come to life its true power plants generate one hundred ten megawatts of electricity seventy megawatts more than it's all in a country with electricity shortages while big steel production activity may be a year or two away small scale approaches like producing iron rods and on demand for brick ations are handled by local engineers like the company's completed sixty three kilometer internal relink locomotives network of tunnels a sixty kilometers of roads

northern rail says its performance has improved this week but this part of cumbria just wants its trains at the age of 77. the businessman, who'd been suffering from cancer, died in the early hours of this morning. he was as famous for his fla m boya nt lifestyle as his discos and strip clubs. david sillito looks back at his six decades in the industry. fantastic, here you go, ready? have i got the bestjob or what, i don't know! peter stringfellow was more than just another nightclub owner. the big hair, the leather trousers, he was a showman who became a household name. he'd started out running clubs in sheffield after a spell in prison for selling stolen carpets. within a few years he was bookingjimi hendrix, the beatles and the who, but it was when he moved to london that he hit the big time. this was his ‘80s heyday, but fashions changed and in the ‘90s his disco empire was in trouble. so, he shifted to what he called gentlemen‘s clubs. the strip shows saved him, but this man who boasted of sleeping with 2,000 women denied there was anything degrading or exploitative in the business.

300 trains cancelled across the northern network, which runs across greater manchester, yorkshire, cumbriaes have been partly affected, meaning not stopping at some stations. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports from preston. late or cancelled trains causing stress and panic. station announcer: this is due to a shortage of train drivers. hundreds of trains just because of a few drivers — i don't believe it. you should know why, shouldn't you? yeah, yeah, because we've got a shortage of drivers at the moment. and it's been going on for weeks, even before a new national timetable was implemented more than a fortnight ago. they need to pull their fingers out, get their act together really. they've implemented a new timetable, but they knew that that was coming in, therefore they should have planned for the additional drivers they say they need to meet the extra demand and the extra trains they're putting on. the drivers' union the rmt is calling on the transport secretary chris grayling to resign, while leaders in the north want him to take urgent action. they say part of the problem is tha

showers in northern england, cumbria and yorkshire. this evening, most of the showers will fade away. cloud tending to fill back in as the night wears on, the further east you are. temperatures on a par with last night, between nine and 1a. for sunday, many places having a largely dry day. more sunshine across england and wales but still some showers around, transferring eastwards. in the sunshine, temperatures up to 2a degrees.

season ticket holders in lancashire, cumbria and greater manchester will be offered a cash payment equivalent in other parts of the north — may also be eligible to receive compensation. around 100 soldiers are helping firefighters in greater manchester tackle a moorland blaze that has been burning forfour days across seven miles. fire brigade leaders say they fear it could last for weeks because of the continuing hot weather. and tonight a new moorland fire has broken out on the other side of manchester. judith moritz reports. in the battle between blaze and firefighter, there isn't yet a winner. belching and burning, fire has overwhelmed this land. but stepping up the effort, the army arrived to join the fight. handed hoses and put straight to work. the conditions are pretty tough. you can see the heat behind me, it's a warm day. but we're well prepared. we've got enough water. we've got suncream. and the guys are really enjoying thejob they're doing. to get an idea of the scale of the task, we took a ride to the top of the moor. with a crew from bolton, we drove to the summit. this really i

parts of the rail network an independent train company has started running services on a line in cumbria business and residents in the lake district when trains between oxenholme and windermere were replaced by buses. danny savage reports on the emergence of west coast railways and the impact it's had. the branch line to windermere in the lake district has become a symbol of northern rail‘s problems. while other routes are subject to a reduced timetable, all the services on this line have been axed for a month and replaced by buses. that is until today. when a privately owned and trained became the bus—replacement rail service. we were expecting to get a bus that would probably take much longer and make our journey a bit more boring. but now we're on a train, which is much better. a good thing? a really good thing, yeah. quickerjourney, nicer than being stuck on a bus, which we didn't want to do in the first place.

a beautiful picture at cumbria, much lovelier than this picture from a weather watcher in aberdeenshireif you're stuck underneath that low cloud. it is heading southwards across the course of a stream. inland, not too far inland and further west it is hotter. the temperatures are not quite as high at the stage as they we re quite as high at the stage as they were yesterday at the same time but were yesterday at the same time but we are still looking at 30 degrees across parts of western northern ireland, west wales and london. it is not as hot as yesterday in scotla nd is not as hot as yesterday in scotland and a cooler near the north sea close. not just scotland and a cooler near the north sea close. notjust because of the ca i’s sea close. notjust because of the cars but because of the easterly breeze. that has pushed the heat further west but it will draw back of the low cloud that is out of the north sea and pressure demand across scotland, towards the england and further west. after the heat of today, it will be another night. enter the weekend a lot of heat still this weekend, a l

today, all trains have been cancelled on the lakes line in cumbria, a total of 3a services.hern commuters are invisible to them. they just don't care, and the time of northern commuters is not the same as commuters in london and the south. well, frankly, as mayor of greater manchester, i'm not going to accept that. things are just beyond a joke at the moment. people's lives are being ruined by this shambolic rail industry. the rail workers' union, the rmt, has accused the transport secretary chris grayling of going into hiding, leaving front—line staff to deal with the brunt of public anger. they've called for his resignation and the rail company to be sacked, with the network brought back into public ownership. but in the meantime, the disruption and frustration for passengers continues. and alison is at manchester piccadilly now. alison, one rail union talking about carnage on the railways? to be fair, we have seen some trains coming and going today, so not complete carnage. but there have definitely been plenty of delays. we know that this scene is being repeated at train